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{
"term": "opposite",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "on the other side of a particular area from somebody/something and usually facing them",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Answers are given on the opposite page."
},
{
"text": "We live further down on the opposite side of the road."
},
{
"text": "It's not easy having a relationship when you live at opposite ends of the country."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "facing the speaker or somebody/something that has been mentioned",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I could see smoke coming from the windows of the house directly opposite."
},
{
"text": "He sat down in the chair opposite."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "as different as possible from something",
"sensetop": "opposite to somebody/something",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "I watched them leave and then drove off in **the opposite direction**."
},
{
"text": "She tried calming him down but it seemed to be having the **opposite effect**."
},
{
"text": "students at **opposite ends** of the ability range"
},
{
"text": "a story about a pair of young boys from opposite extremes of society"
},
{
"text": "She took a view opposite to that of Fraser.",
"contextForm": "opposite to somebody/something"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "a person who does the same job as you in another organization",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The Foreign Secretary is currently having talks with his opposite number in the White House."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "the other sex",
"examples": [
{
"text": "He found it difficult to talk to members of the opposite sex."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "to have different aims that cannot be achieved together without causing problems",
"examples": [
{
"text": "There are different considerations, often pulling in different directions."
}
]
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɒpəzɪt/",
"audio": "op/opposite/opposite__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈɑːpəzɪt/",
"audio": "op/opposite/opposite__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: via Old French from Latin oppositus, past participle of opponere ‘set against’."
}